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  • COMMON NAME: Sweet basil, Basil, great basil.
  • ARABIC: الريحان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Ocimum basilicum L.
  • SYNONYMS: Ocimum odorum Salisb.
  • FAMILY: LAMIACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Cosmectis (C) Apiculture (A) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Very common in UAE. Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. S. Khair-ul-Bariyah, D. Ahmed and M. Ikram. Ocimum Basilicum: A Review on Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies. Pakistan Journal of Chemistry 2(2):78-85. June 2012. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452874-1
Cultivated as salad and spice plant. It is used as a flavouring in food and herbal teas. The aromatic oil, called oil of spearmint, is also used as a flavouring and sometimes as a scent. Strengthen memory, strengthen nerves. Sore throat treatment, kidney infection treatment. Reducing gum ulcers. Useful for honey production. Aromatic plants, Basil oils, Skincare (fight wrinkles). Ornamental plant. Honey nectar plants.

A small shrubby plant, grown in gardens as an ornamental plant, and it is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches a height of one meter.
The plant is covered with a soft fluff. It has simple leaves, tufted, oval at its entire edge, and the flowers are gathered in Inflorescences are crowded and are white or slightly reddish. Flowering from February-December.

A widespread plant that tolerates various environments.
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